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Chairman’s Update - 2nd September
September 2, 2008
Mon 25th August
Friendly Edinburgh Uni 2 Spartans 2nd XI 1 (Steven Malin)
Wed 27th August
2nd XI League Spartans 6 (Richard Harris 2, Gavin Malin, Jim Rae, Danny Forbes, Joe Steele) Cumbernauld Clyde 3…some shaky moments at the back but looking great going forward, even a trade mark Jim R free kick
3rd XI League Broughton 1 Spartans 1 (Chris Smith)..first point of the season after playing 30 minutes with ten men
Sat 30th August
1st XI League Selkirk 0 Spartans 7 (Alex King 3, Nicky Walker 2, Danny O’Donnel, Stewart Fowlie)….took a little while to get going but then a free flowing second half and some great goals. AK’s first hat trick for the club…so good Mike and Sam have given him two weeks holiday!!
2nd XI League Cup Sporting 0 Spartans 3 (Tomas Mula 2, Nick Reid)…a tough encounter on a tight park but our new Polish defender turned striker to notch twioce in the last 25 minutes
3rd XI League Spartans 1 (Adam Smith) Redhall Star 3..a goalkeeping crisis meant Kenny Skiv going in goals and joining Lummy in the “played every position” elite bunch. Adam scoring on his return from the US but the strength of promoted Redhall showing that the Lothian Premier will be a tough league this season
Sun 31st August
Womens 1st XI League Boroughmuir 3 Spartans 8 (Debbie McWhinnie 3, Danni Pagliarulo, Hayley Lauder, Trisha McLaughlin, Kate Macgillivray and Diana Barry)
Under 19s League Cup CSS 1 Spartans 3 (Michael Kirkland, Chris Smith, Brad Snodgrass)
Fixtures
Wed 3rd September
2nd XI League Waterside vs Spartans at Kirkintilloch ko 6.30
3rd XI League Preston A vs Spartans ko 6.15
Sat 6th September
1st XI League Cup Image Printers EoS Cup R2 Coldstream vs Spartans ko 2pm (but looking at possibility of earlier due to the Scotland game…our website will be updated if ko time changes)
2nd XI League Cup Spartans vs Harestanes at Peffermill ko 2pm
3rd XI League Spartans vs Bo’ness at Peffermill ko 2pm
Sun 7th September
Womens 1st XI League Spartans vs Aberdeen at St Marks Park ko 2pm
Under 19 League Cup Preston A vs Spartans ko 2pm
News
1. Academy Update
After a couple of difficult meetings last week the completion date for the Academy is now 14th November. We have now agreed a very clear plan over the next 11 weeks and there are no known obstacles in the way - this date is not even weather dependent…other than the grass stadium pitch. After a week of good weather the grass seed was eventually due to be sown today but the heavy rain meant this was postponed. The contractor only needs one clear day and once the seed is down they are confident that, if it is a reasonably mild September, the pitch will be comfortably ready by the middle of November…indeed the work is being done by the team who prepared and reseeded Ibrox during the close season and they had it ready within 5 weeks from seeding.
Hutch and I have enough material to write a whole book on this project…maybe we’ll just settle for one chapter in Mickey’s life story!
2. 1st XI Sponsor
As noted on the website Gildeas Solicitors have extended their sponsoship deal to include the away kit and the tracksuits as well as our home kit. The deal is the best in our history and well done to Bryan B who enthusiasm and energy have helped land a deal which would be the envy of a number of teams in SFL 2 and 3.
3. The SFA Regional Cup draw (Round 2) gave us Eyemouth at home a week on Saturday…since the demise of the Qualifying Cup this is the biggest “domestic” trophy we play for. This will be our first home game of the season, season tcikets will be on sale (they are also available thru’ the website) and we’re looking at a good start after the disappointment at Dalbeattie last season. The 3rd round is on November 15th…a home draw and the game is scheduled for the Academy!
The first round of the Scottish Cup proper takes place next Monday in Glasgow…the games due to be played on 27th September.
4. Training this week
Due to the league games for the 2s and 3s it will be 1s and 19s only tomorrow and again on Thursday at Peffermill.
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